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WILLIAM F. BEASLEY, OF OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA.

SHEET-METAL SEAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.3'77,662, dated February'7, 1888.

Application filed March 24, 1887. Serial No. 232,349. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM F. BEAsLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oxford, in the county of Granville and State of NorthCarolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSheet-Metal Seals; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters andfigures of reference marked thereon ,which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in metallic seals,for use in securing doors or openings of bonded warehouses,

formed of a single piece of sheet metal or other.

composition, having one end cut out to form a permanent hasp and havingthe body stamped or embossed and perforated, as will be hereinafterexplained.

My improved seal is intended for use with an improved seal catch or lookdevice which forms the subject-matter of a patent issued to Henry Clark,in-which a slidingbolt provided with a seal-slat and gateway is confinedwithin a case, so that the seal cannot be removed after the bolt isfixed in position without cutting the seal; and for a more full andcomplete description of the same I refer to said patent.

In order that others may know how to make and use my improved seal, Iwill proceed to describe the same, referring by letters to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a plan view of one of myimproved seals, showing the body portion perforated or, partially outbelow the embossed design; and Fig. 2 is a similar view with a differentcharacter of ring portion, and showing the body partially cut orperforated either below or across the design.

Similar letters denote like parts in both figures.

A is the seal, which is composed of thin sheetbrass or other metal, orsome suitable compo- 'sition. The upperend is preferably rounded, and iscut away, as seen at B, to form a permanent half-ring, O, which iscorrugated or has letters delineated thereon, or itmay be smooth. On thebody portion A any desired design, D, is formed in relief or intaglio,and a line of perforations extends entirely across the body to form aseparate coupon or check, F. Thisline to form a removable coupon orcheck, F, such coupon or check will not match with the body of any otherseal than the one from which it was removed, and in this way additionalsecurity is obtained.

Instead of any ordinary design being impressed upon the seal, anydesired characters, figures, or printed matter may be used.

The ring portion 0 being integral with the.

body'portion, it cannot, when within a sealslat or shackle of a bolt orlock, be cut for removal without exposing such fact.

In ordinary lead seals with wires the wires may be cut close to the sealand the seal replaced in position by embedding the cut end of the wiresslightly within the lead. method will temporarily disguise the fact thatthe seal has been tampered with; but in the flat seal forming thesubject of my invention it is obviously impossible to remove the samewithout exposure; and when I find it convenient to employ lead as thematerial out of which to make the seal'both ends of the wire will befixed init when molded, for this is the near- This body and the bodyportion furnished with any given design or characters, and perforated toform a coupon or check, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

W'ILLIAM F. BEASLEY.

\Vitnesses:

PHILIP MAURO, FRED E. TASKER.

